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Colorful Farm Share Box This Week
So this whole farm share thing is working out better than I expected it to. I actually managed to use almost everything this week. It also looks cool, at least the last box did. Very colorful.
Here’s how it went down:
Lettuce – salad. Lots of salad. Fresh salad is really really good.
Parsley – added it to the salad. Also made omelets with farm-fresh eggs.
Swiss Chard – this was a complete surprise to me. Having no idea what to do with this stuff, I asked a friend. He suggested slicing it down the middle and putting it in a pan with some olive oil and garlic. It was really good.
Squash – I have no idea what kind of squash this is. It looks cool, though. I threw it into the same pan as the chard and stir-fried it. Really tasty.
Here’s a gallery of what was in this week’s farm share box, along with some of the results I came up with, including the decidedly non-vegetarian omelet with a side of pastrami, which I’ve decided is like Jewish bacon. Mmm… pastrami…
Update on last week’s box: thank you to everyone who gave me suggestions of what to do with that stuff. I had to give some of it away because we weren’t going to be home to cook it all, but I did try the garlic scapes, which were amazing.
More next week! If you’ll excuse me, I have to go wash some vegetables.
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5 Comments
Madeline Holler commented on Jul 01 09 at 3:39 pmBrett — here’s how I’ve been fixing the chard that we keep getting. It’s so excellent and the pine nuts make it extra great. Heard it on the radio last year … thank me later.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16470219
Brett Singer commented on Jul 01 09 at 3:49 pmmmm. That does look good. Thanks, I’ll give it a try.
TolaniLucia commented on Jul 01 09 at 4:28 pmYum,Yum. I love pretty boxes and bags and bowls of fruit and veg. BEAUTIFUL!!!.
Manjari commented on Jul 01 09 at 4:50 pmYummm
Brett Singer commented on Jul 02 09 at 10:01 amI have to admit that I was not expecting to enjoy this farm share business as much as I am. Fresh vegetables make a big difference. Especially when they get delivered to my house.
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